Data
Oregon State U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 290 | 244 | 255 | 287 | 238 | 267 | 203 | 210 | 196 | 212 |
Science and engineering | 273 | 227 | 238 | 270 | 223 | 244 | 177 | 175 | 173 | 183 |
Science | 201 | 152 | 165 | 195 | 156 | 187 | 141 | 125 | 118 | 128 |
Life science | 94 | 68 | 87 | 92 | 76 | 105 | 73 | 66 | 60 | 73 |
Agricultural sciences | 28 | 19 | 30 | 41 | 34 | 39 | 33 | 28 | 19 | 18 |
Biological sciences | 40 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 28 | 50 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 40 |
Health sciences | 26 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 44 | 32 | 29 | 46 | 47 | 40 | 33 | 30 | 37 | 25 |
Chemistry | 18 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 20 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 9 |
Physics and astronomy | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 29 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
Computer sciences | 20 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
Mathematics | 9 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
Psychology and social sciences | 34 | 27 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 15 |
Psychology | 18 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Anthropology | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 |
Economics | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 10 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Engineering | 72 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 67 | 57 | 36 | 50 | 55 | 55 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 1 |
Chemical engineering | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Civil engineering | 15 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 16 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 15 |
Industrial engineering | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
Other engineering | 15 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
Non-science and engineering | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 26 | 35 | 23 | 29 |
Education | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 29 | 17 | 24 |
Education administration | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
Education research | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Humanities | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
History | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
Other | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Business management/administration | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
NOTES:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates